Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-06-20
State News.
ANpRoSCoGGIx.

ANDRosCoGsIS.
The Lewiston Journal saws: Miss Kate
Sawyer of this city, met With a serious acci-
dent Thursday evening, in Dunlap Block.
She came down the back stairs. and was
standing on the landing, preparatory to de
scending another flight OF stairs TO the cellar,
when all of a sudden there Was q crash, and
the floor fell through. She was thrown
several feet into the midst Of pile of boxes,
barrels and boards. Assistance was speedily
summoned, and with difficulty Miss SAWYER
was pulled out of the rubbish. She was
badly hurt end Friday morning was confined
to her room -Lewiston's Fourth of july
celebration will consist Of fremen's muster,
balloon ascension, a grand display of fire.
works, grand parade of military, fremen,
trades, &C., and plenty of music.
CUMBERLAND.
The Brunswick Tele graph reports that W.
S. Haley employed in the Topsham Paper
mill, on Tuesday, was so unfortunate as to
have his fingers caught in one of the rolls of
the machinery, and two of them were split
open, which will lay him up for a time-The
mule spnners in the Cabot Compsuy's cotton
mill, have been on several strikes this week
on account Of soma disaffection with their
oversaer, Mr.. 5. Connor, and il is stated that
some rough work has taken place. The mule
splnners are the same class of hands that
made trouble in the mill some months since,
and II Is felt BY some outside parties that
,hese movements are preparatory to more
important troubles to occur about the lst OF
July when the new law will go into effect
We have no doubt that when the law comes
to bear, some changes will take place,
but OF what character it is impossible to pre-.
Dict
HANCOCK
l he Diamond Illuminating Company hope
to have their electric lights in operation at
Bar HarbOr by June Goth. They have a
large number of men engaged in stringing
wires about town.-A new steamer to run
between Lamoine, South Gouldsooro and
Bar Harb has been contracted for and stock
TO the amount of $4,000 subscribed The
boat will cost about $4,000.
MIR c. G.. Sanford, of Bangor, who has
leased the Hamor mill property at the foot
OF Holland avenue. is making extensive al
terations and improvements A large shed j,
63 BY 80 feet, has been built on the wharf tor
the storage of -four, lime and cement, and
smaller shed for brick and sand The mill
has been .eftted and more room has been
made tor stowage of grain. tower fifteen
feet above the root with hip twelve feet
high, accommodates the grain elevator, The
top OF this tower is sixty five feet above the
sea level. The sheds will store 2000 barrels
OF -four and 1000 barrels Of lime and cement
The grainares will hold 1900 bushels of
corn. The machinery will also run turn
ing-lathe and jig saw and there will be a
planning and moulding shop in connection
with the mill Mr.. Sanford will keep for
sale full stock of corn, meal, -four, oats
and shorts, also all kinds of dry and green
lumber; shingles, clapboards and laths as
as we'll as lime, cement, sand, brick, hay and
straw. He is sole agent for the Vanceboro
Wooden Ware Co 8 kiln dried birch flooring.
kENNEBEc.
The Oakland Observer saws: The Augusta
Wrench Company have leased power from
the Dustin & Hubbard Manufacturing Com
pany for a term of ten years, TO be ready for
their use on the 18th of July next The
Wrench Company will then move their ma
chinery from North Belgrade to this place,
and push the manufacture of their goods to
the full capacity of their machinery. They
will commence with about ten men and in
crease their men and machinery from time to
time to keep pace with the demand for their
goods. They are now making about twenty
zen wrenches per day at North Belgrade.
The Waterville Mail says: On removing a
few inches of tan bark, snow drift was laid
bare over three feet in depth and several
wards in length, at II. S Rickers tan ward,
and can now be seen.-The Lockwood mills
adopt the ten hour system July LIST; but if
their employees prefer, the corporation will so
arrange the sixty working hours per week
h TO m no ui no half
holiday Ssturdavs.-A young woman who
had been boarding at MIR. Swans, stole valu-
ables belonging to another bosrder The
property was recovered by the police.
KNOX.
The hotels at Camden are rapidly filing
up with summer visitors III NJ Bean is
receiving his ship timber for the two new
vessels to be butt by him this summer. In
few days the shipyard will be lively
place, large crews having been already en-
ployed
LINCOLN.
The Lincoln County News saws: The
Boothbay msckerel mon are all in from the
south, and have done fairly well for the sea.
son. The schooner, Lizzie Maud Capt.
Squirting, stocked 81, 600 Matte T. DYER,
Capt. Sargent, 81 500; Margaret Smith, Capt.
Seavy, 81, POO; Caroline Waugh, Capt Reed.
~ POO; Henry Morganthau, Capt. McKnown,
g 800, and the Nellie n Rowe, Capt. Lewis,
$4,000 capt Lewis is high among the New
England fleet, and has been so for number
of springs. All Of the above named captains
and most of their crews belong ia Boothbav,
the vessel being owned partly bv their cap
tains, and the rest in Gloucester ana Port
land, with the exception of schooner Caroline
Vaught, which i, owned by her captain and J.
c. Pool of Boothbav
PENoBsCoT.
John Nagle, of Bangor,was arrested Friday
morning for giving his wife terrible beating
Thursday night. The unfortunate woman is
scarcely able to move being confined to her
bed
John Langmaid of Oldtown, fell into a tank
of liquid at the pulp mill at Great Works
Tuesday. and had narrow escape from re-
ceiving fatal injuries. The liquid is composed
of chs meals. mainly, and is usually hot and
very strong. In this state it would instantly